Arrowhead mounting



Aug. 10, 1954 H, 5 PELTZ 2,686,055

ARROWHEAD MOUNTING Filed June 6, 1952 INVENTOR. HEA/RY 5. 'DEL 7'zPatented Aug. 10, 1954 UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT oFFica ARROWHEAD MOUNTINGHenry S. Peltz, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Application June 6, 1952, Serial N o. 292,117

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This invention relates to arrow head mounting and particularly to aconstruction by which a hunting, or broad head, arrow head blade may bemounted onto a base, such base otherwise constituting a target arrowhead or a field arrow head, by suiciently simple means that a fieldarrow or a target arrow may be readily converted into a hunting arrow,and vice versa by a simple manipulation and without the necessity ofusing special tools.

The sport of archery for a long time has included target shooting, fieldshooting and hunting, and 'each of these branches have requireddifferent types of arrow heads. Inasmuch as it has been customary tofasten arrow heads permanently onto the shafts of arrows, this has madeit necessary for an archer who wishes to include hunting in hisactivities to have a complete set of hunting arrows. Since huntingarrows are relatively expensive and the season during which they can beused is relatively short, this has imposed a rather heavy expense ontothis phase of archery and has discouraged participation thereof. Thisdisability does not exist, at least to an appreciable degree, withrespect to target shooting and field shooting. Arrows used in theserespective branches of archery are interchangeable in use, at least to asubstantial extent, and, more important, the use of either of thesetypes of arrows extends over a sufiiciently long period of time during agiven year that their cost in relation to their use becomes relativelyminor.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide means by which either a targetarrow or a field arrow can be converted readily into a hunting arrowduring a hunting season and then readily reconverted back to itsoriginal form. It will be selfevident that it will be desirable thatsuch a conversion and reconversion be made quickly, without thenecessity of using special tools, and that the means required for suchconversion be relatively inexpensive.

Accordingly, a principal object of the invention is to provide means forconverting a field arrow or a target arrow into a hunting arrow and forreadily reconverting same to its original form.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction by whichsuch conversion and reconversion can take place without the necessity ofusing tools or, if tools are needed, that they be limited to common handtools.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, asaforesaid, wherein the means required for such converting be relativelyinex- Densive.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, asaforesaid, which can be applied to ordinary commercial forms of eithertarget arrows or field arrows and which may be so applied withoutdamaging such arrows for their Originally intended use as field arrowsor target arrows.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction, asaforesaid, wherein the hunting arrow form thereof will function asefiiciently and efiectively as a standard hunting arrow.

Other objects and purposes of the invention will be apparent to personsacquainted with apparatus of this general type upon a reading of thefollowing disclosure and inspection of the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation view of of the broad head blade ofmy invention.

Figure 2 is a view partially in central section of the forward end of afield arrow head modified in accordance with the invention and showingin broken lines the application of the broad head blade thereto. I

Figure 3 is a section take on the line III- III of Figure 2.

In meeting the objects and purposes above set forth I have provided asimple metal bladeof vsuch construction that it can be readily receivedinto, or removed from, a pair of -diametrically opposed slots formed inthe outer surface of a standard field arrow head, or target arrow head.The construction of said broad head blade is such that when it is placedinto Operating position within said slots it Will be held firmly thereinand Will not be likely to come out under any ordinary conditions of use.

For the purpose of convenient reference and withoutintention oflimiting, the following terminology will be utilized: "rearward orderivatives thereof will denote the portion of the arrow or arrow headconstruction which is remote from the point thereof and which appears asrightwardly in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, and "forward will denotedirections adjacent to or toward the point of said arrow which isleftwardly as appearing Figures l and 2 of the drawing. Turning first tothe broad head blade itself, there is shown in Figure 1 a preferred formof such blade wherein the forward edges and 2 are of any typical formdesired such as the conventional curved lines converging towards eachother and meeting to constitute the point 3-. The rearwa-rd edges 4 and6 areplikewise shap'ed in any conventional manner, such' as the concaveedges 'I and 8 indicated in Figure 1 which in this case meet at thecorners 9 and I with the edges |2 and |3 which are here alignedsubstantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the blade. Theforward edges l and 2 will be sharpened in the usual manner.

Said blade is also provided with a slot |4 extending from the rearwardend thereof approximately of the distance to the point 3. Said slot isdefined by edges |6 which are provided with steps of length depending oncharacteristics of the field arrow head or target head arrow with whichthe broad head blade is .to be used and which will be obvious withoutfurther discussion as the description proceeds.

The forward extremity l'l of the slot Ill is relatively narrow as shown.It broadens into an intermediate section 18 and the rearward section |9is the widest portion of said slot. The step 2| is provided with aslight undercut for Tpurposes appearing hereinafter. The rearwardmostcorner of said slot is provided with small inwardly extending portions22 for purposes which likewise will appear heerinafter.

Utlizing a common field arrow to further illustrate the invention, thereis shown in Fig- -ure .2 such a conventional arrow head 23 of a typeutilized for field shooting which is afiixed in a yconventional mannerto a shaft 25. Said arrow Vhead has a sloping forward section 21, a step28 for the Well known purpose of inhibiting .the passage of said arrowthrough and under l'grass and a cylindrical section 29 for the receptionof the shaft.

A .pair of diametrically positioned slots 3| and 32 are cut into thefield arrow head 23. The width of said slots is such that metal of thethickness of that used for the broad head blade can be pushed thereintoby hand but it will be .as tight as possible without rendering itunreasonably dilicult to insert or remove the blade. Said slot Will beof sufcient depth as to provide firm and adequate gripping of the blade,such as approximately ge of an inch at the di- -mension A appearing inFigure 2.

Whether or not said slot will go entirely through the field arrow head23 will depend upon the thickness of the metal used in said field arrowhead but whether or not it does is imvmaterial to the operation both ofthe broad head blade and to the field arrow head without the blade.

It will be observed that the onl7 change made in the basic field arrowhead is the two slots 3| and 32. This will not in any way injure the useof the arrow so modified in its use as a field arrow and even if dirt orgrass does collect therein it can readily be disposed of.

When the broad head blade is to be applied, the edges I are slid intothe slots 3| and 32 as indicated in Figure 2 and the broad head ispushed onto the field arrow head until the undercut steps 2| engage theedges defining the ends of the slot 3| and 32, one edge being indicatedat 33. This assists in holding the broad head blade firmly onto thefield arrow head and particularly it holds the rearward ends 4 and 6 ofthe broad head blade down tightly against the field arrow head andfurther reduces the likelihood of its working loose. The projecting lugs22 are pressed slightly into the wood of the shaft behind the fieldarrow head and bear against the rearward edge 39 of the field arrow'head to minimize the likelihood of said arrow 'head working loose.

be provided with the necessary slots, and since the broad head bladescan be stamped from sheet metal material at an extremelz7 low cost,

;it lwill be apparent that the invention provides an extremely4inexpensive means for converting target or field arrow heads intohunting arrows under such conditions that it can readily be convertedback to a field ;arrow or a target arrow when desired and without damageto their capacity to function properly as hunting or target arrows.

While a field arrow head has been herein selected for purposesillustrating the invention, it will be readily apparent that a targetarrow head can as well be utilized without in any way changing theconstruction of the broad head blade or its manner of application to thebasic arrow.

It will be recognized that a number of modifications may be made, theparticular embodiment of the invention here given for illustrativepurposes, but such embodiments will come within the scope of thehereinafter appended claims excepting as such claims may by their ownterms expressly require otherwise.

I claim:

l. A combination target, field and hunting arrow, comprising incombination: a shaft, a head having a cylindrical portion and havingalso a tapered portion tapering away from one end of said cylindricalportion, said head having a central opening extending through .the otherend of said cylindrical portion for receiving one end of said shaft, thetapered portion of said head having a forward section and a rearwardsection, said forward .section in- .cluding the tip thereof and having acontinuous, imperforate, surface, said rearward section being betweensaid forward section and said cylindrical portion; a pair ofdiametrically opposed and spaced blade receiving slots commencing insaid rearward section and lextending longitudinally to a pointintermediate the ends of said cylindrical portion and there terminatingin a blind end; a fiat hunting blade having sharpened lengthwise edgesconverging to a point at one end and having also a central slot openingthrough the other end, said central slot having an outer portion equalin width to the diameter of said cylindrical portion, a middle portionequal in width to the distance between the bottoms of those portions ofthe blade receiving slots which are in said cylindrical portion and aninner portion of width equal to the distance between the bottoms ofthose portions of the blade receiving slots which are in said rearwardsection of said tapered portion, the Steps between said outer portionand said middle portion engaging said blind ends of said blade receivingslots when said blade is in voperative position to limit positively therearward movement of said blade with respect to said head, and a pair oflugs extending towards .each

arrow and the imperforate surface on its forward 10 end minimizes theadhesion thereto of grass, or other extraneous material.

2. A combination field and hunting arrow constructed as defined in claim1, wherein the maximum dlameter of said tapered portion is substantiallyless than the diameter of said cylindrical portion to provide a steptherebetween.

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